The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-07

against it. Then there is the civil
service reform. Where are its
friends2 1t seems to me that at
present Mr.. Cleveland is its greatest
practical friend, and that as far as
the rank and file is concerned the
Democratic party is quite as favora
bly, inclined to it as the Republicans.
On these es on ali similar issues, l
think the forward.looking men Of tie
country are more in sympathy, or
rather look with more hope to the
Democratic than the Republican
party"
"IIow about the John Sherman
,oom?'
Has Mr.. Sherman & boom? Well,
let me say this. The old Southern
Issue e-''
You mean. of course, the bloody
shirt?'
The old Southern issue-ca!l it what
you Wills now past issue. In 1876
the Republican party officially, and
as party sentiment, left the South
to what it called 'home rule From
that moment there was nothing more
for Federal interference to do.
Whatever unsettled issues were left
were necessarily left to be settled in
the States themselves, and not at
Washington. These issues are all
settled, or in process OF settlement,
and for Sherman or Hoar. and such
men to raise that old question now
is simply pure and conscious dema'
gogy. How these issues now stand
here at the South, or what their fu.
ture course may be, haven't sulii'
cient information to make me conf.
dent. Except that plainly see that
political power and leadership are
passing rapidly into the hands OF
men, who were not actively engaged,
by reason Of age, in the war. Under
such influences l am very confident
that those sold issues will be settled
in some peaceful way. I will add,
that perhaps these issues may be said
to be settled already, but the South
has great industrial future before
it, and in that future the negro will
play an important part. The best
laboring element, in my judgment,
that any portion Of this country, or
so far as I know, any other country
has, lacking a little no doubt in eff
cheney, measured by q Northern
standard, but still peaceful, faithful
and ,home,loving, not!given to strikes
and not easily led to oppose the in
terests of those for whom they labor
They were not fitted for political life
and they failed there, but they are
fitted to aid in the development OF
the resources of the South, and when
the influences Of which I have spoken
shall have passed away they will
doubtless become homogeneous with
tie white people Of the South in their
views of the public and public af
fairs .~
Governor Chamberlain, who, after
all, it will be remembered, was the
cleanest Of tue old Reconstruction
lists. said a good many kind and
pleasant things about the State over
which he had once ruled as its Chief
Executive. His bright mind and
keen intellect placed him in 1884 in
the front ranks of those Republicans
who revolted from the Blaine stand,
ard, and Governor Chamberlain in
the letters which he wrote at that
time and in a good many other ways
contributed as much perhaps as any
one man in New York to the success
Of the Democratic Presidential ticket
THOMAS MAST, THE GREAT CARTOON
IsT, TALKS TO AN TLANTA con-
STITUTION MAN.
Said he: 1T strikes me that the
whole South is looking up; that this
highly favored section is now enjoy
ing such a measure of substantial
prosperity as was never known be
fore. l have rot had many oppor
tunitics for examining the South, fol
l have hurried through from Wash
ipgton; but what I have seen con
yinces me that it is indeed new
South. By-the-by, do you know thai
it was l who first called it tue new
south?' Well such is the case.
Represented the new South as
beautiful young maiden, and the idec
took immensely"
Are you visiting the South seek
ing new material for your artistic
work, Mr.. Mast p
"Oh, no; am not doing any work
now. l and my wife are visiting the
South purely for health. We expect
to visit Florida, and return North by